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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Sep 2016

Groping for grand tragedy and finding only actorly melodrama, shooting for political contrarianism but landing instead on reactionary conventionalism,…

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By Ben Nicholson (124) for CineVue (2,163) on 12 Sep 2016

A drab and airless affair, it effectively ignores the substantial political commentaries inherent in its story, and fails to land the emotional…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 12 Sep 2016

What we have on our hands is a dud, but there are a few grace notes that save it from being an unmitigated disaster…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 10 Sep 2016

Many will place blame on Ewan McGregor simply because he may have been ill-prepared to handle such a dense work as his directorial debut…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 09 Sep 2016

One of the most perceptive novels of the 20th century becomes one of the most ill-conceived movies of the 21st as Ewan McGregor tries his hand…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Sep 2016

All of “Pastoral’s” problems could have been slightly forgiven if McGregor showed a hint of inspiration behind the camera…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 09 Sep 2016

McGregor swings for the fences in his portrayal of an anguished father, but the only thing he hits is an obnoxious metaphor about how the 60s…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 09 Sep 2016

Ewan McGregor’s directorial debut, in which he also stars, is decently performed and delivers some potent scenes of inter-generational discord…

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